According to Recode , in a meeting with the White House's American Technology Council , Trump conceded that federal agencies desperately needed to catch up with the private sector when it comes to technology. He later joked: "We have approximately $3.5 trillion of market value in this room - but that's nearly the exact number that we've cre...

US President Donald Trump hosts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday for a first face-to-face meeting , seeking to forge a chemistry that can add new fizz to a flourishing relationship between the world's two largest democracies.

As many as 190 countries across the world are observing the International Day of Yoga today. Commenting on the global acceptance that Yoga is receiving, "Yoga has become part of so many lives". "Yoga is oneness for the body, spirit and mind. I believe that yoga will be the medium to provide good health to people", Mr Fadnavis later told reporters...

Kushner signed on as a personal guarantor for the loan, which his firm reportedly wanted to use to refinance property it owns in Manhattan. His contacts with Russia have come under scrutiny amid reports he met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and Russian banker Sergey Gorkov ahead of Trump's inauguration, at one point suggesting establi...

Officials with the conservative USA political network overseen by the Koch brothers say they are unhappy with the healthcare bill that may be voted on by the Senate this week and will lobby for changes to it. That message was at odds with Trump's Rose Garden celebration after the bill cleared the House, when he told lawmakers it was a "great pl...

Still, to secure a podium in only the eighth race of his career was an outstanding achievement, especially considering the flak Stroll took earlier in the season when he failed to finish his first three races, and four out of the first six.

The DUP has also secured £ 1bn in extra funding over the next two years , and has been given more flexibility in how the £500m already pledged to Northern Ireland can be spent. Responding to the DUP's claims that a deal could come by Tuesday, a Downing Street spokesman said talks are ongoing. As part of the deal, money will be earmarked to addr...

Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam, was celebrated in the White House under Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. The Iftar dinners were typically attended by prominent members of the Muslim community as well as members of the Congress and diplomats from Muslim countries.

Elizabeth Wettlaufer , the worst health-care killer in Canadian history, finally spoke Monday. "Sorry is too small a word". Elizabeth Wettlaufer told the court Monday she is truly sorry and hopes her victims' families can find peace and healing.

Qatar has also been asked to hand over opposition figures wanted by the four countries, to downgrade diplomatic ties with Iran , and to shut a Turkish military base. Tillerson also urged all sides to " lower " their rhetoric to ease tensions, and said that the United States would stay in " close contact " with all parties and support Kuwait in ...

Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Margot Wallstrom announced the release of Johan Gustafsson without giving details on what had finally led to his freedom. "We have reached a dead end", Gift of the Givers said in a May 17 statement. The fate of McGowan was not known. His father, Malcolm , told eNCA he was waiting on tenterhooks for any news o...

Tudose will now have 10 days win over Romania's parliament with a vote of confidence in his proposed cabinet and policy program. Normally, as party leader, Dragnea would be the prime minister, but in 2016 he was convicted of vote rigging, which disqualifies him from holding the post.

Just a few days after his return to the United States, Otto Warmbier passed away . "Later that day, that's when we found out he was ill, no one knew that". "To make it clear, we are the biggest victim of this incident and there would be no more foolish judgment than to think we do not know how to calculate gains and losses", the spokesman said.

People gather on McDonald Ave., for a prayer celebration of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan , in the Kensington neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of NY. President Hassan Rouhani issued a message, congratulating Muslims on the occasion of the Eid. Eid-gahs were be arranged for prayers in most towns on Monday mo...

But Palestinian officials said payments to relatives of attackers and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel would continue. "The question is not if that move happens, but only when", Press Secretary Sean Spicer said on June 1. "Those people, (prisoners) have sacrificed their lives for their people and the minimum we can do to them is taking care of the...

Prince Mohammed bin Salman also has a reputation of going for out-of-box solution of the problems and challenges confronting his country and this was evident from overhaul of the kingdom's economy away from its reliance on oil. The Associated Press reported in the early morning of Friday that Saudi Arabia and two other Gulf countries demand ...

The DUP has also secured £ 1bn in extra funding over the next two years , and has been given more flexibility in how the £500m already pledged to Northern Ireland can be spent. The Conservatives have 317 seats in the 650-seat parliament after the June 8 election and need the support of the DUP's 10 MPs to be able to govern.

The idea came as a result of the violence and attacks that have happened in the past year, she said . In recent weeks, several former White House staff members told The Post they would usually begin planning an iftar "months in advance" and didn't anticipate the Trump White House could pull something off before the end of Ramadan .

With danger of more landslides , authorities have been restricting access to the disaster zone, but hundreds of people were allowed back on Monday. Rescuers were combing the area with life detectors and sniffer dogs but no new signs of life have been found.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi Oyo State has congratulated the Muslim community in the country on the successful completion of the holy month of Ramadan . Eid , or the "feast of the breaking of the fast", began this weekend and is celebrated for up to three days.